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1 Quadrans or 1 Triens
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Value | Quadrans (1/4) |
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| Reverse description | A vertical, podium-like or altar-like object depicted in low relief at the center of the field, its precise identification remaining uncertain in the numismatic literature. The form appears to represent a stepped or columnar cult object, rendered schematically in the archaic cast bronze style characteristic of Central Italian aes grave coinage. The field is otherwise plain with no legend or subsidiary symbols. Heavy patination and surface corrosion obscure finer details of the type. |
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| Mintage | ND (301 BC - 201 BC) - Unique |
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The attribution "uncertain city of Central Italy" reflects a genuine scholarly impasse: heavy cast bronzes of this type have been linked to various Oscan and Umbrian communities without consensus. Haeberlin's foundational 1910 work catalogued the series by weight standards rather than issuing authority, an approach that has largely held because the epigraphic and iconographic evidence simply won't resolve the question further. At over 85 grams, this piece sits at the heavier end of the surviving distribution, suggesting an early date within the century-long production window before weight reduction became systematic.